Desolate Plain of Humanity

Like any social/ethical/moral movement, every one of us who is genuinely
concerned with ending animal consumption must also BE proactive in sharing
the compassionate message of animal pain and suffering with the public. The
deliberate concealment of animal pain and suffering is genuinely kept from
public view because of the moral and ethical implications it would impose on
human society. This is exactly the morally corrupt foundation we seek to
overturn; since we have learned to apply genuine knowledge and logic toward
ending the existence of suffering in every sentient being.

I do not accept pervasive indifference toward animal pain and suffering
any more. I do not buy into the phlegmatic theory of human domination over
nonhuman any more. This thought pattern is rooted in the evils of
speciesism, of which I am not a member of this ideology any more. Like most
who grew up in the American school system in the ‘50's and ‘60's, I was
taught to evolve rapidly into a numbed, indifferent state of heart and mind
toward the importance of life in other species, so I, too, could exploit the
hell out of them. I also learned from outside the school system, of my
superiority and power in a dominant human world; to justify the torture and
consumption of animals at every level of behavior.

Through a series of self-orchestrated events, I grasped the reality of
this dark situation, as well as the magnitude of destruction aimed at the
animal kingdom. I have discovered within my own psyche, I am totally opposed
to the notion, and find it quite odious in my quest to experience my life,
and the lives of other sentient beings. I admit I am actively against harm
toward anyone or anything. I know and feel the low current of pain it
induces every day. It feels like I have a bruised soul; every time I hang my
head in silent remorse, and think of the sad, old notion of the vulnerable
animal suffering for all time. Sometimes the pain is so intense I can barely
contain my sorrow. I want to get primal and let out that wicked scream; but
know I must contain my sanity, strength, and courage for the next animal
victim.

When I am not actively thinking about this horribly oppressive
phenomenon, the pain level is there, but at a lower ebb. With my emotional
expertise in animal suffering, this must makes my nature seem quite odd to
the millions of uncaring and unconcerned people on our planet who go about
their selfish and pitiless business, as they were taught.

I hope to see an increase in the population of people who learn to use,
and work with, their own intuitive moral codes and instincts, rather than
what they have been systematically taught, in perpetuating animal pain and
suffering, across the desolate plain of humanity.

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